# Cursor CLI

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Cursor CLI and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend it as a capable terminal agent that matches mainstream rivals, with good limits for $20 a month and easy model switching.

## Why people recommend it

- Competitive with other coding agents (4 comments): "Cursor has a terminal based app that’s just as good as any of the other mainstream ones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559721)) "It took the same amount of time (3 seconds) as cursor-agent and codex on my machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184481)) "i find cursor cli significantly better than opencode right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46579255))
- Good, capable agent overall (4 comments): "Cursor also has a CLI agent called cursor-agent that is quite good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46329762)) "They have a CLI agent that works pretty well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487765)) "is quite good, and it is under-marketed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47802065))
- Liked its harness and approach (2 comments): "I fixed that by using cursor the agent but not the UI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205243)) "I also quite like Cursor's harness/approach to things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46942503))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-cli.md): 56 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://cursor.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cursor CLI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cursor-cli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).